Countdown to Rahmageddon: Never Let a Good Crisis Go to Waste

By Chuck Sudo in News on Jan 25, 2011 2:00PM

Last night we decided to hit the Rahm Emanuel rally outside the Board of Elections offices in the Loop. Some on the Chicagoist Twitter feed questioned the wisdom of the Emanuel campaign organizing this rally despite yesterday's court ruling tossing him off the ballot. But Emanuel himself once said, "Never let a good crisis go to waste;" for his campaign, this certainly qualifies.

It was a small rally overall, with about 200 sign-waving protesters alternating between chants of "Let Rahm Run" and "Let Chicago Decide." Which is probably as best as they can do on short notice.

The rally itself fizzled out after 10-15 minutes, with most in the crowd heading either home or to the Emanuel campaign offices to work the phone banks. What was left behind were the zealous Emanuel supporters, the ill-informed sound bite repeaters and a media scrambling for any late footage it could get. The woman in the last photo in this gallery was a combination of both, criticizing the Apellate Court's ruling and referencing last week's poll showing Emanuel with a comfortable lead. "I don't know what (the Apellate Court) exactly said, but 44 percent of the people of Chicago have spoken. And they want to vote for Rahm Emanuel and no on else. So we should be able to vote for him."